background: drug use evaluation (due) aims at improving the patients’ care. studying the administration pattern of intravenous immunoglobulin (ivig) is an important research topic due to its significant role in the treatment and controlling of many disorders, high prices, and limited availability of this drug. methods: this observational cross-sectional study was conducted at shahid sadoughi ho...

background: drug utilization studies are helpful in understanding the current practice. we have conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the relevant use of a group of most commonly prescribed antibiotics in a teaching hospital in iran.  the results of this study may be of help for clinicians to improve the patient care. methods: patients who received parenteral ceftazidim, vancomycin and am...

optimal reduction in blood pressure with antihypertensive agents helps to prevent microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes. the objective of the study was to evaluate the current utilization pattern of antihypertensive medications among patients with diabetes and coexistent hypertension as per the jnc seventh report guidelines. a cross-sectional survey was conducted among patie...

the aim of the present study was to evaluate the pattern of vancomycin administration in the hematology-oncology ward of nemazee hospital, shiraz, iran. study criteria were developed to assess the several parameters involved in vancomycin therapy. these parameters include the appropriateness of drug usage, dosage, duration of therapy, monitoring for toxicity and serum concentration monitoring. ...

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is an expensive medicine which is widely used for unlabeled indications. We conducted this drug utilization review (DUR) to evaluate the appropriateness of IVIG utilization in Tehran, Iran. This cross sectional study was conducted in a referral pediatric tertiary care hospital in Tehran. During a three month period in 2015, medical records of inpatients with IV...

rational prescribing increases the quality of health care and patient outcomes. in this study, the quality of drug prescription in specialist physicians in isfahan province of iran was assessed for evaluating the rational use of drugs and improving the therapeutic outcomes.this retrospective survey was conducted on a total of 7999530 prescriptions from all general and specialist physicians. the...

introduction: drug utilization evaluation (due) studies are designed to assess drug usage appropriateness. dues have traditionally focused on drugs with high price tags, complicated dosage schedules, narrow therapeutic indices and regular side effects. the primary goal of the present study is to evaluate imipenem usage in bone marrow transplantation (bmt) wards. methods: the study was a prospec...

background : since albumin imposes a relatively high cost to a healthcare system, drug use evaluation for this drug is much more important. this study wants to evaluate pattern of albumin use in a large university affiliated hospital in tehran, iran. methods : a concurrent, cross-sectional study was performed in “shaheed rajaei” cardiovascular, medical and research center. all inpatient adults ...

background: more than 80% of patients with hematologic  malignancies will develop fever during more than one chemotherapy cycle combined with neutropenia. we aim to evaluate empiric antibiotic strategies in febrile neutropenic (fn) cancer patients. methods: this is a concurrent study performed in the “shahid ghazi” teaching hospital, hematology-oncology center of tabriz, iran during the period ...